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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Approaching its 50th anniversary, Laniado Hospital – Sanz Medical Center reflects on five decades...
(July 7, 2024 / CAMERA) The New York Times has a type.
As Jewish communities worldwide watched in horror as the events of October 7 unfolded in Israel, many felt a desperate need to help. While numerous organizations sprang up overnight to support Israel’s soldiers, one organization had already been doing this vital work for nearly two decades: Yashar LaChayal.
Fu’ad Shukr served as a senior “military” adviser to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
(July 30, 2024 / JNS) An airstrike by the Israeli Air Force in Beirut on Tuesday night killed a top Hezbollah commander responsible for Saturday’s rocket barrage that killed 12 children in the Golan Heights, as well as a 1983 bombing that killed 241 U.S. troops in Beirut, the Israeli military confirmed.
In what has been viewed as an Israeli political earthquake 13 months after the heinous October 7 terror assault, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on November 5 after months of disagreements over domestic politics, and even for severe arguments over the execution of the war.
YU Summer Internships in Israel
Every year, Yeshiva University offers dozens of undergraduates the opportunity to live and work in Israel on programs ranging between 5 and 8 summer weeks. Fully supported by a permanent YU campus in Jerusalem and a team of talented and dedicated staff, students get the chance of a lifetime to connect with the Jewish people, their talents and their needs, and the beautiful land of Israel.
The best-known photo of Theodor Herzl shows him learning on a hotel balcony in Basel, where he organized the First Zionist Congress in 1897. That shot became part of Jewish popular culture, appearing in mosaics, puzzles, carpets, and a flag flying on the side entrance at Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side. The flag serves as an introduction to All About Herzl, an exhibit on his lasting image and impact at the temple’s Bernard Museum.
